Top 100 Biggest Cities In Illinois (2017 Census)

Rank	City	2018 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Chicago	2,716,450	0.1%
2	Aurora	200,965	0.2%
3	Joliet	148,462	0.1%
4	Naperville	147,682	0.6%
5	Rockford	147,051	-0.6%
6	Springfield	114,868	-0.2%
7	Peoria	112,883	-0.3%
8	Elgin	112,456	0.6%
9	Waukegan	87,729	-0.2%
10	Champaign	87,432	1.1%
11	Cicero	82,552	-0.2%
12	Bloomington	77,934	0.2%
13	Arlington Heights	75,634	0.1%
14	Bolingbrook	75,201	0.4%
15	Evanston	74,756	0.1%
16	Schaumburg	74,184	-0.0%
17	Decatur	72,174	-0.8%
18	Palatine	68,644	0.0%
19	Skokie	63,978	-0.2%
20	Orland Park	58,765	0.5%
21	Des Plaines	58,193	-0.0%
22	Tinley Park	56,668	-0.0%
23	Oak Lawn	56,087	-0.2%
24	Berwyn	55,550	-0.3%
25	Normal	54,284	0.5%
26	Mount Prospect	53,930	-0.1%
27	Wheaton	53,373	0.1%
28	Oak Park	52,261	0.1%
29	Hoffman Estates	51,567	-0.1%
30	Downers Grove	49,540	0.5%
31	Glenview	47,659	0.9%
32	Elmhurst	46,662	0.8%
33	Plainfield	43,926	1.5%
34	Lombard	43,745	0.2%
35	DeKalb	43,193	-0.2%
36	Moline	42,231	-0.4%
37	Urbana	41,989	0.3%
38	Belleville	41,649	-0.9%
39	Buffalo Grove	41,226	-0.1%
40	Bartlett	41,149	-0.0%
41	Crystal Lake	40,421	-0.1%
42	Quincy	40,303	-0.1%
43	Carol Stream	39,989	0.1%
44	Streamwood	39,978	0.0%
45	Romeoville	39,632	-0.0%
46	Wheeling	38,562	0.3%
47	Carpentersville	38,162	0.2%
48	Rock Island	38,110	-0.3%
49	Hanover Park	37,982	0.0%
50	Park Ridge	37,494	0.0%
51	Addison	36,820	-0.0%
52	Calumet City	36,633	-0.2%
53	Oswego	34,833	2.0%
54	Glendale Heights	34,058	-0.1%
55	Woodridge	33,598	0.3%
56	Northbrook	33,400	0.1%
57	Elk Grove Village	32,776	-0.2%
58	Pekin	32,731	-0.6%
59	St. Charles	32,714	-0.1%
60	Danville	31,424	-0.7%
61	Mundelein	31,385	0.1%
62	Algonquin	31,017	0.5%
63	Galesburg	30,769	-0.6%
64	Gurnee	30,767	-0.2%
65	Chicago Heights	29,901	-0.2%
66	North Chicago	29,842	-1.2%
67	Highland Park	29,767	0.0%
68	Niles	29,482	-0.2%
69	O'Fallon	29,272	0.5%
70	Lake in the Hills	28,936	-0.0%
71	Burbank	28,793	-0.1%
72	Granite City	28,746	-0.5%
73	Glen Ellyn	28,045	0.3%
74	Lansing	27,962	-0.2%
75	Oak Forest	27,685	-0.1%
76	Round Lake Beach	27,607	-0.3%
77	Wilmette	27,418	0.2%
78	Huntley	27,207	1.6%
79	West Chicago	27,182	0.1%
80	McHenry	26,911	-0.0%
81	Alton	26,725	-0.6%
82	East St. Louis	26,662	-0.2%
83	New Lenox	26,575	1.2%
84	Batavia	26,563	0.3%
85	Vernon Hills	26,253	0.6%
86	Kankakee	26,216	-0.7%
87	Carbondale	25,899	-0.0%
88	Lockport	25,434	0.3%
89	Woodstock	25,286	0.3%
90	Melrose Park	25,197	-0.1%
91	Belvidere	25,181	-0.2%
92	Edwardsville	24,967	0.4%
93	Harvey	24,908	-0.2%
94	Westmont	24,756	0.0%
95	Collinsville	24,703	-0.5%
96	Homer Glen	24,591	0.2%
97	Elmwood Park	24,537	-0.2%
98	Freeport	24,091	-0.9%
99	Rolling Meadows	23,988	-0.1%
100	Zion	23,952	-0.3%

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